REGRETTABLY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

regrettably

adverb

Definition of regrettably

as in unfortunately

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Recent Examples of regrettably While there’s seemingly no limit to the stylish market totes on offer this summer, there is, regrettably, a limit to how many will fit in my closet. — Natalie Cantell, InStyle, 26 July 2026 The democratization of Internet access with cheap smartphones and 5G has also regrettably seeded a CSAM wild west, whereby anyone with access to a child and dire financial problems can instantly solve their money woes. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 July 2026 But lately, the chaos in the United States made the song seem regrettably apropos. — Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 But the obstacles blocking James from joining the Wolves are, regrettably, manifold — money being the first and foremost. — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for regrettably

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This very perfunctory cover unfortunately does nothing to build on the original.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026
The guys in this locker room believe in each other, and even the guys who, unfortunately, aren’t here, believed in this team.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of unfortunately

Adverb

Curry is largely there for comic relief, swanning in with a bevy of beauties, challenging Bosley (Bill Murray) to a sumo match, and, sadly, getting murdered by the pool, thus depriving us of Curry’s magnetic presence for the rest of the film.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
The suite is named The Endeavour, after the airplane of a former owner’s daughter, aviatrix Elsie Mackay, who attempted to become the first woman to cross the Atlantic a year after Charles Lindbergh and sadly disappeared somewhere along the way.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of sadly

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The Locke works are placed directly above and below a small Albers; inches away from each are examples of minerals, in their own display cases, which, jutting out from the wall, distract lamentably from the canvases.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
Our attorney general’s hyperbolic statements, lamentably, do little to help on that front.

— Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026

Definition of lamentably

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The world will become tragically, unbearably competent, a surface without a seam.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
That blaze tragically caused the deaths of almost the entire Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot team when flames accelerated through dry, dense, shrubby terrain and overtook 19 elite firefighters.

— Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of tragically

Adverb

As the Chiefs marched to a second straight Super Bowl championship and their third in five seasons, Toney watched unhappily.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
But its actual lead is Alice (Souheila Yacoub), a Frenchwoman unhappily married to Joseph’s older brother, Will (George Pullar).

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 10 July 2026

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